Scene for you first here, stephanie, up in this direction here gop members have just broken up from their Conference Meeting where they heard a presentation from leaders. You see them, a mob of reporters all around them and back down the hall behind me you also see them coming out of the room. Obviously a lot of interest here, the Republican Leaders made their presentation about an hour from 9 00 a. M. To 10 00 a. M. Here in washington, telling the rank and file that they are going to go forward. The bill will start to be debated on the house floor very shortly. It is a very touch and go situation. We have heard confidence expressed publicly by the Republican Leadership, last night, Kevin Mccarthy the majority leader emerging from a meeting in the Speakers Office telling us they had the votes, stating it very forth rightly. Any independent observer, anybody who watches the house of representatives though will say that this is a very iffy proposition going forward. One of the main point
Were heartbroken. Im heartbroken for matt. He is my dear friend and partner and has been loved by many, many people here. Im heartbroken for the brave colleague who came forward to tell her story and any other women who have their own stories to tell. And we are grappling with a dilemma that so many people have faced. How do you reconcile your love for someone in that they have behaved badly . I dont know the answer to that. Sandra Rick Leventhal joins us with more on this breaking story. A swift and stunning move by nbc. Never got a complaint about his behavior in two decades but the allegation monday night was too serious to be handled any other way according to nbc news chairman andy lack who said this morning on monday night we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by matt lauer. It represented after a serious review a clear violation of our companys standards. As a result, weve decided to terminate his employment. Lack
Primarily focused on trade, north korea, other subjects. But were very far along. The dialogue has been very good for all countries. We are working very closely together. We have the same values and the same focus in insuring the north korean regime comes to its senses and stops this reckless provocation. Bill all this follows President Trumps brief meeting with russia president Vladimir Putin over the weekend. Sandra john roberts is traveling with the president in the philippines. Good morning, john. 10 00 p. M. There. Yes, good evening to you, sandra, as we look forward to the last day of this 12day marathon of the east asia region where the president has been touring. The president took to twitter this evening, this morning new york time saying great day of bilateral meetings at the asean summit on trade. Well be leaving the philippines tomorrow after many days of constant meetings and work in order to make America Great again. My promises are rapidly being fulfilled. The president
Not one but two bipartisan compromises. Each would have averted the shutdown. President trumps unwillingness to compromise because the shutdown and brought us to this moment. The trump shutdown will soon end but the work must go on, and it will. Dana we are worried that the senate has passed a bill and President Trump earlier said he is pleased democrats have finally come to their senses. What the president did clearly worked. The vote just came in 8118. Those numbers are more in the president s favor then senator schumers favor. Im not sure what changed for him and what he gained other than maybe nancy pelosi taking republican members out to dinner to celebrate their shutdown. Im not sure what other positive things came out of it for democrats. Dana is for dreamers who dont know what their fate is with integration on resolve, heres what the white house said. I think they should storm capitol hill in protest there because that is the place that has held up the discussion. Democrats are
West virginia. Reporter also get a chance to shout some questions as he gets on the chopper and maybe get some answers. Youll want to watch to see if that happens about 35 minutes from now. One of the reporters who will be there is my colleague, Kristen Welker on the north lawn right now. Before you and i talk, i want to set up here the who, what, when, where, why of this memo thing. We know it was written by devin nunes and his staffers. It reportedly charges the fbi and Justice Department of abusing their spy powers, in particular against an associate. Somebody close to President Trump. They were able to do that, republicans say, because the fbi and doj basically duped a u. S. Spy into giving them the info. The whole thing is meant to under cut the entire russia investigation. Given all that, our reporting was that the white house maybe was going to give the green light to this memo possibly today before this back and forth with democrats and republicans, including adam schiff. Botto